Author: Rohan Samarajiva

Mar 16, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to become a “Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub.” We are already an incipient aviation hub for the southern Indian region, including the Maldives. How did we get here? How can we build on what has been achieved? How did we get here? First, the government […]

Mar 01, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to become a “Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub.” According to Basil Rajapaksa, the leader of the ruling coalition’s Gampaha District slate for the Parliamentary Elections, that District will be the site of the aviation and knowledge hubs. What is needed to achieve this vision ? And […]

Feb 08, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to become a “Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub.” What can telecom contribute to the achievement of this vision? If the five-fold hub is to be realized, telecom connectivity with the world and within the country is vital. For all five aspects, cheap, plentiful and high […]

Jan 28, 2010 (LBO) – The first Choices column (link) was published on the 11th of February 2005. The decision to take time from an already overloaded schedule to write a monthly column (took me several years to get into that rhythm) was taken on the 27th of January 2005, the day that I hit […]

Jan 04, 2010 (LBO) – Welcomed the New Year in Dhaka.  In Bangladesh, one cannot not think about population.  Outside the city states, Bangladesh has the highest population density in South Asia, and indeed the world.  Greater Dhaka alone has close to 13 million people, almost two-thirds the population of Sri Lanka.  Fertility and population growth […]

Dec 02, 2009 (LBO) – 2009 has been year of celebration for the ICT Agency, the entity created to implement the e Sri Lanka program. The capping event is the big regional conference that has come to town, giving ICTA dignitaries an opportunity to strut their stuff on a larger stage. The declaration of 2009 […]

Nov 10, 2009 (LBO) – In the bad old days, when Sri Lanka Telecom/Department of Telecommunications was the sole supplier/regulator/policy maker, one had to make payments up and down the system to get a phone and then to keep the phone working. Some major companies in Colombo, who could not afford to be disconnected, put […]

Nov 02, 2009 (LBO) – One of the grave dangers of the Great Recession and the Jobless Recoveries in various countries is the resurgence of protectionism and withdrawal into Fortress NAFTA, Fortress Europe, and so on. It happened in the 1930s and it can happen again. Asian leaders and thinkers (in some countries at least) […]

Oct 12, 2009 (LBO) – It is worth discussing the assessment of a Nobel Laureate of the Great Recession and its implications for Sri Lanka. Michael Spence, who shared the 2001 Economics Nobel with Joseph Stiglitz and George Akerlof and chairs the Growth and Development Commission believes that the key problem is the one trillion dollar […]

Sept 18, 2009 (LBO) – “Fraud unravels all”. online pharmacy buy cymbalta with best prices today in the USA This was a central claim made by Mr K. Kanag-Isvaran, P.C., at the LBO/LBR CEO Forum’s panel discussion on the economic implications of judgments of the Sarath N. Silva Supreme Court. If a fraud is established […]

Aug 24, 2009 (LBO) – The past few weeks have been bad for mobiles and modernity. In Sri Lanka, a girl commits suicide using a school tie. In response, mobiles are banned in government schools as well as in private and international schools. buy albenza online https://qpharmacorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/png/albenza.html no prescription pharmacy (I’m still wondering who gave […]

Aug 06, 2009 (LBO) – So after much effort we decided to get rid of the inane “Land Like No Other” tagline and launch the new brand “Small Miracle.”  Now the former JVP Presidential Candidate and present Tourism Minister wants to replace it by consulting “leading scholars” in a few days.  Throw away years of systematic […]